“We are not going to stay like this, watching not only the train go by, but the train crush us, if I may say so. So, it is important to reform. » For the third time in a few days, Rachida Dati assured, Friday February 9, that she would ” to carry ” a reform of public broadcasting.
Received on the channels of France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and France Bleu Pays d’Auvergne during a trip to the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, the Minister of Culture declared that she would inspire the proposed bill (PPL) adopted in the Senate in June 2023. The text, then carried by Laurent Lafon (Val-de-Marne, UDI), aimed to resurrect the holding project of the former minister Franck Riester (2018 to 2020), before the confinement of March 2020 dealt him a fatal blow.
Wednesday February 7, already received by the senators, Rachida Dati had promised to ” lean “ on this PPL to move towards “a public broadcaster that brings together all its strengths”. The minister was thus more precise than on January 31 on France Inter, when she acquiesced in the mention of a “French-style BBC”, before inventorying all possible scenarios. “There can be mergers, cooperations, positive synergies”she declared, deliberately imprecise.
“Very watered down version”
“I am delighted with this alignment of planets which puts my proposed bill back in the light,” recognizes Mr. Lafon. The moment would be all the more opportune, according to the president of the Senate Cultural Affairs Committee, as the public audiovisual financing system temporarily designed to compensate for the elimination of the old royalty decided in 2022 – the allocation of ‘a fraction of VAT – must end at the end of 2024. As its probable sustainability will have to go through a modification of the organic law relating to finance laws, in the fall, the elected official would see the calendar experiencing a quick boost so that the two projects coincide.
At this stage, however, no one knows precisely M’s plans.me Dati. Contacted, the Ministry of Culture sticks to the “very clear statements” from the minister and promises announcements ” Soon “.
While Sibyle Veil spoke publicly with her in Clermont-Ferrand and Delphine Ernotte had the opportunity to meet the minister at the Victoires de la Musique ceremony on Friday evening, neither the CEO of Radio France nor that of France Télévisions were still able to put a formal meeting with her on their agenda.
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